The Law in 90 Days: Exodus 35-36
SCRIPTURE READING
Matthew 11: 28-30 (ESV); Come to me, all you who are weary and burdened, and I will give you
rest. Take my yoke upon you and learn from me, for I am gentle and humble in heart, and you will
find rest for your souls. For my yoke is easy and my burden is light.
In this passage of Scripture we have two things that stand in contrast to each other, a burden and
a rest. The burden is one that is borne by the entire human race. It is a heavy and crushing thing,
the word Jesus used refers to a load carried to the point of exhaustion. Rest is simply the release
from that burden. It is not something that we do; it is what comes to us when we cease to do.
Pride is a burden that so many Christians needlessly carry; it’s a heavy burden of self-love. How
can you hope to have peace in your life if you have set yourself up to be a little god to whom you
must be loyal? The heart’s fierce effort to protect itself will never find rest. Yet so many people
carry this burden continually; challenging every word spoken against them, cringing under each
criticism and tossing sleeplessly if someone else is given preferential treatment. Yet Jesus calls
us to His rest and the method is humility. The humble man could care less who is greater than
him because he has decided a long time ago that the esteem of the world is not worth the effort
and he has ceased to care what man thinks. A humble man is not afflicted with a sense of his
own inferiority; He has accepted God’s view of his life and knows that he is weak and helpless but
knows at the same time that in the sight of God he is more important than all the angels. He has
nothing in himself, but everything in God. He knows well that the world will never see him as God
sees him and he has stopped caring about what the world thinks of him. He will wait patiently until
the day when everything will get its own price tag and his real worth will come into its own as the
righteous shine forth in the eternal Kingdom. He is willing to wait for that day. In the meantime, he
walks on in humility, happy to let God defend him.
PRAYER and MEDITATION
1. Ask the Lord to show you any hidden areas of pride that you need to deal with. These can
be very subtle so listen carefully to the Lord and give Him time to speak to you. Confess as
necessary.
2. Pray that you will grow in humility!
